Jerry Butler
ComposerActorMusic Department
- Born
- December 8, 1939
- Died
- February 20, 2025
Jerry Butler got his start in the music business at age 18 when he and his friend Curtis Mayfield formed a singing group and named them The Impressions. They had an almost immediate hit with a song Butler wrote, "For Your Precious Love", which became the group's first gold record. Nicknamed "The…
Actor
| Precious Time(2008)as The Bailiff |
| The Thing with Two Heads(1972)as Prison Guard |
Composer
| Seal: I've Been Loving You Too Long(2008) |
| Jonathan Butler: Baby Please Don't Take It (I Need Your Love)(1986) |
| Melinda(1972) |
Music Department
| Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story(2023) |
Additional Crew
| 7th Annual Black Music Honors(2022) |
Thanks
| Doo Wop 50(1999) |
Soundtrack
| Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist(2024) |
| Will Trent(2023) |
| Diarra from Detroit(2024) |
| Truelove(2024) |
| The Bear(2022) |
Self
| 7th Annual Black Music Honors(2022)as Self |
| Sample This(2012)as Self |
| DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis(2010)as Self |
| Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement(2009)as Self |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Live: I'll Take You There(2009)as Self |
Archive Footage
| Ed Sullivan Presents: Rock 'N Roll Revolution(2011)as Self |